Putting it Together at St James Theatre, SW1

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London has had to wait a long time to see this Sondheim revue. First staged in Oxford a couple of decades ago and later revived on Broadway, it is only now receiving its premiere in the capital. By the end of the evening you are left wondering how such a gem of a show — woven around a cocktail party conceit that is as slender and elegant as a little black dress — can have been lingering in the shadows for so many years.

It goes without saying that the songs themselves are first-class. Sondheim groupies may wince at seeing some of